UAE columnist Sultan Al Qassemi shares memories of reading that very same book too. He tweets:

RIP Gabriel García Márquez. I recall reading 100 Years of Solitude when my father was in hospital 10 years ago shortly before he passed away — שחררו את פלסטין (@SultanAlQassemi) April 17, 2014

Mohamed AbdelRahman uses the occasion to poke fun at Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been in power for 15 years, and who won his fourth term today (April 19, 2014) despite his failing health [ar]: